Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Hi VN, sorry for the late response. I don't often come to Agon these days. You are correct, if you get an active external crossover, each channel will have to have its own power amp.

posted about 12 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Hi VN, I would highly doubt if it would be transparent enough above 100Hz to not lose any detail. I would suggest you do what I did - bypass the internal crossover, get an active external crossover...

posted about 12 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

If anyone is interested in pictures of the surgery, here they are. http://www.pbase.com/amfibius/image/92182147Standard exterior of the bass cabinet of the High Violonhttp://www...

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Hi Kotjac, I am thinking of removing the padding resistor for the midrange horn! I am not sure how to get at it. I would suspect that it lives in the flange where it slots into the bass cabinet. Wo...

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

I have finally completed surgery on the bass cabinet and installed a new driver, replacing the standard drivers that came with the Acapella. The work was done by SGR Audio, a speaker design company...

posted over 13 years ago

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Mainly Analogue

Hi Fred, I seem to have some difficulty getting Acapella to answer their emails :) I was wondering if you can answer my questions. My TW-1S is almost 10 years old this year. I would like to know: <...

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

System edited: New pictures uploaded.

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

That's a good idea kotjac, except that the speaker will not sum up to be flat at the crossover point if I did that. Still, it is only a matter of pulling out a plug. I might try that later :)

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Hi Kotjac, I used a 48dB/oct slope for all crossover points. The Marchand allows me to do that. You are correct that the speakers have two woofers in the cabinet, but the second woofer was ...

posted over 13 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Mickep, the JL Audio can be integrated until it is more or less blended - so the crossover point is not measurable, nor is it audible. FWIW I have just completed a pretty substantial upgrad...

posted over 13 years ago

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Another light

Hi Mickep, I haven't visited your page for a few months. Good to see your new changes. I have made a number of major changes to my system, and it has really fixed the bass. I have a set of upgrades...

posted about 14 years ago

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Morrow Audio system

Hi Morrow, beautiful system. I have an earlier version of the Acapella Violon. I love the speakers, but have had trouble finding a suitable amp to drive them with. At the moment I am using Cary CAD...

posted about 14 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

System edited: System edited - a lot of new hardware added: - Analogue system: Micro-Seiki BL99V turntable, MA505 Mk2 tonearm, Lyra Dorian cartridge, RCM phono stage. - Speakers now bi-amped with C...

posted about 14 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Kevin, I have to hang my head in shame. I am using a Behringer CX2310 crossover to remove signal from the main speakers. This means - I have a $100 crossover inserted in the signal path in a system...

posted almost 15 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Hi Kevin, thanks for the response. I haven't updated my system in a while, but I have now inserted a pair of JL Audio F110 subwoofers. A crossover sits between the preamp and power amp, and removes...

posted almost 15 years ago

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Another light

Finally, a move to tubes! Although, you are using pentodes as opposed to me :) What do you think of the pentode sound, as opposed to SS?

posted about 15 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Thanks Jack, you are right - the DEQX will introduce delay of its own. I did not think of that. Thanks to your response, I had to google up some audio delay circuitry, to see whether it would be po...

posted about 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Rushbattle, yes I am planning to run the DEQX in the bass only, but I will only do this eventually :) I was lucky enough to have Alan Langford (one of the DEQX developers) come to my house for a de...

posted about 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

System edited: edit: description changed.

posted about 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

A DEQX in my system.Longtime Audiogonners will know that I have been trying hard to fix the bass on my speakers. The chief complaint is that it is muddy, indistinct, sluggish, and there is ...

posted over 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

I should probably clarify that the above experiment was suggested by another audiophile (Mark, are you there) who visited me. One of the benefits of having a community of audiophiles in your town :)

posted over 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Been experimenting more and more with this system. Because the speakers can be tri-wired, it is possible to change the phase of the midrange driver relative to the bass driver. All you need to do i...

posted over 16 years ago

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Parmenter Sound

Hi Jason, beautiful system you have assembled :) I'm just over the pond from you (Australia). If I visit NZ i'll be sure to give you a call!

posted over 16 years ago

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2-channel setup

Themarmar thank you for your response. I take it that you did not get to do a direct A-B comparison between your old CD306 and the new CD306 Ref? Also, I have a couple of other digital sources on t...

posted over 16 years ago

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Southern Lights (Acapella Violon)

Joey I have no idea what kind of amps are best for your Martin Logans as I do not know anyone who has them! The 805AE's are VERY good value here in Australia thanks to strong AU$ against US...

posted over 16 years ago

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